According to Paul Bunyan's story, Great Lakes are Babe the Blue ox's hoof-prints filled with water.
by running and jumping
Paul Bunyan rode Babe the Blue Ox. They say they are the reasons Michigan has so much lakes.
Because he was tired from being so tall and digging out the Great Lakes.
Paul Bunyan had problems with creating the Great Lakes and keeping them full. To solve this problem, he used his giant size and strength to carve out the lakes with his axe and fill them with water from his blue ox, Babe, who drank so much water and perspired so heavily that the lakes were filled.
William Ratigan has written: 'The adventures of Paul Bunyan & Babe' -- subject- s -: Paul Bunyan - Legendary character - 'Tiny Tim Pine' 'Highways over broad waters' 'Straits of Mackinac!' 'Great Lakes shipwrecks & survivals' -- subject- s -: Great Lakes, History, Shipwrecks
Paul Bunyan is a fictional lumberjack known for his incredible strength and size, who was said to have fixed many problems related to logging and natural disasters. One famous story involves him creating the Great Lakes by accidentally dragging his axe along the ground while walking.
Supposedly, Paul Bunyan was a giant, and his profession was logging trees. He had an enormous blue ox, and legend has it, that everywhere he stepped (Paul, not the ox) filled with water and became a lake. That's (supposedly) why Minnesota has so many lakes.
Minnesota's 10,000 lakes were formed by Paul and Babe's footprints when they were blindly wandering in a deep blizzard.
Paul Bunyan
Paul Bunyan. And his companion Babe the blue ox
Paul Bunyan Land was created in 1950.
Paul Bunyan's younger (and smaller) brother was Cordwood Pete.